With Glad Hearts, We Present to You..Mr and Mrs. Craig E. Bacon

God is faithful! Since we found out that I was pregnant with Craig Ellis we have prayed for the woman that God would bring into Ellis' life to be his Helpmeet. This weekend we had the joy to watch these two young people pledge themselves to each other and God. It was a beautiful, HOT day in Blythewood, SC. Ellis and Gina were married in a small country church with family and close friends there. The ceremony was sweet and precious. Several friends and family members read Prayers and Scripture. After I have had time to rest and recoup I will write more about the ceremony. As I have said before we are so blessed to have Gina in our family. It was such a blessing to see Ellis so happy. So for now I am going to post a few pictures.

No Name As Sweet As Mom

The name Mom-has many different variations, Mother, Mama, Mommy. From the time my babies started babbling I awaited that special moment when they said mama for the first time. Then over time without prompting Mama, turns to Mommy, Mom or Mama still. Each and every one of these words is sweet and precious. A mother's love is so deep and knows no boundaries. I have been blessed with 4 precious children that I had the joy of hearing call me mama when they were only a few months old. Then God, chose to bless me again with the beautiful adopted daughter and while I missed those first 13 months with her, when I heard her call me mama for the first time my heart just burst with the joy of that word. Knowing that even though we were not blood related we were Mother and Daughter in all the ways that are really important. Now, once again I am being blessed with another daughter. No, Mama won't be the name she calls me but she has honored me by calling me Mom. This weekend as Craig Ellis and Gina enter into the covenant of marriage I am gaining a daughter. I am truly a Blessed woman. I love the name Mom and all that comes with that. I thank the Lord for all the ways He creates a family. I praise Him for allowing me to be MOM.

One of our Favorite Places

Craig and Danielle enjoying the view

Shoshannah and her instrument of choice

Shoshannah loves the Disney movie "Aristocats"

Lonely Bench

Where does the path lead
Once again, we took off for Botanical Gardens. The roses are in full bloom, but because of all the rain they were sad looking. But we had fun walking and enjoying God's beautiful creation.

A Day in the Park

We have been so busy moving and settling in that I haven't taken the time to post recently. Last week, I had the chance to take Danielle and Shoshannah to the park while Arielle had piano practice. So here are a few pictures. Shoshannah loves the outside and would live there if given the chance.

Arielle finds new photo opportunities

The children have named him Peanut

Arielle loves to photograph flowers

The elusive butterfly

Arielle had to rise early for this shot
Arielle, has found some great things to photograph at our new house. Our house backs to a small lake(they call it that, I would say a small pond) While we can't swim, boat or fish in this lake it does draw in some wildlife. So, I am sure there will be many more photos.

Friends

We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our life. We hired a company to move our big furniture but we had plenty of boxes! So, on Saturday these wonderful friends showed up to help. Joanne, brought delicious chocolate chip cookies to share and she jumped in and started packing up the things we had left out. The rest of the gang moved boxes from one house to the truck, then into the new house. They were fast and good! We couldn't have done it without them. I didn't think about taking pictures until the last minute so there is one person missing from the pictures. Gary, gave us his morning then in the afternoon he went to help lay floors at another friends house. Thank you to everyone!

We have moved

Danielle painting her room. YELLOW
My friend Denise lending a hand
Andrew trying to understand how Michaelangelo did it!
Arielle gets to handle the power tools.
Well after 8 years of living in Chesapeake, we decided to make it our permanent home base! So we took the plunge and bought a house. I never knew how much work it was!. We spent 2 weeks cleaning and painting just a few rooms, still many more to go. Then came the big move. We have too much stuff. Right now we are in the middle of boxes upon boxes! But we did have new floors laid in the entire downstairs and I have my list of future home improvements. The list is VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY long.
So here are a few pictures. As soon as we get settled I will take more.